The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers, yet many education policies deter bright individuals from pursuing teaching and encourage the best teachers to leave the classroom. This paper examines the issue of teacher quality and the effect of various policies on students.
K-12 Education
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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has just released some revealing new data on public school superintendent salaries—and the detail has already prompted a bit of minor outrage online. The dissatisfaction appears rooted in the fact that, despite lackluster student outcomes and a persistent affordability crisis, the top-end of the superintendent salary spectrum grew to astounding...
April 23, 2024